Best PlacesTampa Heights, Tampa, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tampa Heights, Tampa, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tampa Heights, Tampa ranks 4,854th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tampa Heights, Tampa
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Tampa Heights, Tampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tampa Heights, Tampa ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Tampa Heights, Tampa ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Tampa Heights, Tampa
A household needs to earn about $136,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tampa Heights, Tampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,793, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Tampa Heights, Tampa's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tampa Heights, Tampa
Tampa Heights, Tampa runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tampa Heights, Tampa.
Who works in Tampa Heights, Tampa, and how
Work in Tampa Heights, Tampa centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Tampa Heights, Tampa
Tampa Heights, Tampa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 5 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tampa Heights, Tampa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tampa Heights, Tampa, month by month
Tampa Heights, Tampa sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 55. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 62° | 55° |
| April | 85° | 75° | 67° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Tampa Heights, Tampa
Tampa International sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tampa Heights, Tampa
Schools across Tampa Heights, Tampa average a B+, better than 76% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Tampa Heights Elementary MagnetC− · 25% proficient
- Graham Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stewart Middle Magnet SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Madison Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Monroe Middle Magnet SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsborough High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Middleton High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Blake High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tampa Heights, Tampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tampa Heights, Tampa measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Tampa Heights, Tampa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Tampa Heights, Tampa
Is Tampa Heights, Tampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tampa Heights, Tampa ranks 4,854th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and biking, and lowest on an overheated housing market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tampa Heights, Tampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $526,899. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $51,793 median income, cost of living beats 14% of neighborhoods.
Is Tampa Heights, Tampa safe?
Tampa Heights, Tampa is safer than 21% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $437 per resident a year.
Compare Tampa Heights, Tampa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tampa Heights, Tampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tampa Heights, Tampa represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Tampa Heights, Tampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tampa Heights, Tampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tampa Heights, Tampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tampa Heights, Tampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tampa Heights, Tampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tampa Heights, Tampa detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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